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->>(jsonb,text)

get jsonb object field as text

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

get jsonb object field as text

Left operand
jsonb
Right operand
text
Result type
text
Implementing function
jsonb_object_field_text(jsonb,text)
Operator kind
Binary
Hash join candidate
no
Merge join candidate
no

Usage

->>(jsonb,text) → text

English manual definition

Extracts JSON object field with the given key, as text .

'{"a":1,"b":2}'::json ->> 'b' → 2

Catalog interpretation

The catalog pg_operator stores information about operators. See CREATE OPERATOR and Section 36.14 for more information.

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Documentation and source

Source build
Version
18.6
Build
https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint
555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Compare versions

PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.

Compares recorded interfaces and attributes. Source fingerprints and build metadata are excluded; an absent sample is not proof of the introduction or removal release.

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Export JSON · Back to Operators · Recorded in PostgreSQL 10 through 20; the first sample is not necessarily its introduction.